1521: Exam #4

What is the definition of aging in place? {Ans: Ability to live in one's own home and community safely, independently, and comfortably}How do older adults earn income? {Ans: through social security, pensions, personal assets and earnings}What is the change of life in middle adulthood in which hormonal shifts result in the cessation of reproductive ability in women and a corresponding decrease in sexual drive in men? {Ans: Climacteric}Define maturational loss {Ans: a loss that results from normal life transitions. Ex. Loss of childhood dreams, the loss felt by an adolescent when a romance fails, and loss felt when leaving the family home for college or marriage and establishing a home of one's own. As individuals age individuals may experience losses such as menopause and loss of hair, teeth, hearing, sight, and "youth."}Define thanatology {Ans: the study of death and dying}Provide some heathy coping mechanisms {Ans: grief journaling, storytelling, letter writing, or art therapy}Should their be any additional physical growth for someone in early adulthood? {Ans: No, physical growth should be completed this time}What are the stages and behaviors of processing death? {Ans: Denial - shock/numbness Anger - Disruptive/turn Bargaining -Anxiety/conflict/confusion Depression -